Mum-of-two took own life ‘after mortgage payments shot up by £500 a month’

Mum-of-two took own life ‘after mortgage payments shot up by £500 a month’

Kathleen Moore, 60, spent the last four years struggling to make her payments after they shot up due to rising interest rates on her interest only loan.

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